Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign Jake McCabe to an extension (5 years - 4.51M AAV)

[Mess]

Leafs don't have their 2025 1st round pick nor their 2026 2nd round pick as a result of acquiring McCabe in trade originally.

Ridiculous price to pay for a #4 level Dman !!!!

However re-signed now will give the Leafs longer term value at such a high price to obtain, compared to letting him walk for future picks not yet made. Is this helping or making the situation worse?

When the Leafs attempt to bring in another top 4 Dman next summer to add to Rielly, OEL and Tanev it will push McCabe into the bottom pairing and then as a 3rd pairing Dman that is a lot of term and Cap to spend on bottom pairing players when you should be able to draft and develop internally to bottom fill a roster with younger and cheaper talent.

If I had my choice I would want my 1st and 2nd round future draft picks back and would have let McCabe walk as UFA and replaced and used his $4.15 mil towards an UPGRADE on defense not a RUN IT BACK at higher price, point. IMO

Your team does not get better by bringing back your own/same players only paying them more money and in the process of using more cap space. That is not the definition of improvement in my books.

 

[SprDaVE]

What does that mean he deferred money from years 2 and 3? How did it help lower the cap?

Basically paying money after the contract expires. This goes into detail:

https://puckpedia.com/salary-cap/deferred

Teams and players can include deferred compensation in a contract as outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Some key notes:

• The compensation needs to be tied to a season in the contract when it is earned. A portion of the contract cannot be just generally deferred; it needs to be a portion of the payment earned during a specific season that is deferred.
• The deferred compensation needs to be paid after the contract expires for it to be considered deferred

 

[Budz]

Not sure how anyone could not like this.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Makes sense to go long on term to save on AAV given where we're at.

McCabe always shows up for the playoffs too.

 

[bax]

Not sure how anyone could not like this.

Mess is giving it a shot surprisingly

 

[Apex Predator]

Basically paying money after the contract expires. This goes into detail:

https://puckpedia.com/salary-cap/deferred

Got it so year 6 after the contract is expired he still money paid by the leafs?

 

[Phion Keneuf]

I thought it would be 5 x 5/5.5M
4.5M is very reasonable.

Solid deal

 

[Hellcat]

Pretty solid contract.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850900814082064830

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850902867479085139

Deferred? Are they doing some Shoei shady deferred stuff?

Is this close to what he is making now?

 

[SprDaVE]

Got it so year 6 after the contract is expired he still money paid by the leafs?

Yeah I think it's basically like a bonus being paid out probably on July 1st (the day the contract officially expires).

 

[Zero1]

Man, I love Jake McCabe. Great to see him stick around longer!

Any news on the NTCs/NMCs in the contract…

 

[ACC1224]

Leafs don't have their 2025 1st round pick nor their 2026 2nd round pick as a result of acquiring McCabe in trade originally.

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Ridiculous price to pay for a #4 level Dman !!!!

However re-signed now will give the Leafs longer term value at such a high price to obtain, compared to letting him walk for future picks not yet made. Is this helping or making the situation worse?

When the Leafs attempt to bring in another top 4 Dman next summer to add to Rielly, OEL and Tanev it will push McCabe into the bottom pairing and then as a 3rd pairing Dman that is a lot of term and Cap to spend on bottom pairing players when you should be able to draft and develop internally to bottom fill a roster with younger and cheaper talent.

If I had my choice I would want my 1st and 2nd round future draft picks back and would have let McCabe walk as UFA and replaced and used his $4.15 mil towards an UPGRADE on defense not a RUN IT BACK at higher price, point. IMO

Your team does not get better by bringing back your own/same players only paying them more money and in the process of using more cap space. That is not the definition of improvement in my books.

Solid plus/minus though!

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

Not sure how anyone could not like this.

The AAV is okay but I don't like committing to this already old D corps for so long. The odds that none of Rielly, Tanev, OEL and McCabe have their play drop off in 2-3 years are pretty low.

Having said that, I would have skipped on OEL given the choice.

 

[Hellcat]

Didn't Rielly do that according to some folks? This deal will age even worse.

The chances Brad is still here in 6 years are pretty low, Brad dont care about 2030, Brad cares about the next 3 to 4 years...not saying it's the best approach , just that Brad cares about the Brad years.

 

[1specter]

Not sure how anyone could not like this.

@Tie Domi Esquire reacted with a laugh emoji to me complimenting this deal

 

[Hellcat]

Leafs don't have their 2025 1st round pick nor their 2026 2nd round pick as a result of acquiring McCabe in trade originally.

View attachment 922778

Ridiculous price to pay for a #4 level Dman !!!!

However re-signed now will give the Leafs longer term value at such a high price to obtain, compared to letting him walk for future picks not yet made. Is this helping or making the situation worse?

When the Leafs attempt to bring in another top 4 Dman next summer to add to Rielly, OEL and Tanev it will push McCabe into the bottom pairing and then as a 3rd pairing Dman that is a lot of term and Cap to spend on bottom pairing players when you should be able to draft and develop internally to bottom fill a roster with younger and cheaper talent.

If I had my choice I would want my 1st and 2nd round future draft picks back and would have let McCabe walk as UFA and replaced and used his $4.15 mil towards an UPGRADE on defense not a RUN IT BACK at higher price, point. IMO

Your team does not get better by bringing back your own/same players only paying them more money and in the process of using more cap space. That is not the definition of improvement in my books.

Why are the Leafs going after another top 4 dman next summer?

 

[Cams]

Not sure how anyone could not like this.

Welll, this is the Leafs board after all isn't it.....

 

[Menzinger]

Team did good here, especially using deferred money.

I was expecting him to get close to this deal +inflation. So seeing it come a bit less under is nice. He seemingly took a bit less than he probably could have gotten in free agency which is always nice to see. He's always been a likes me guy since he was acquired by the team.

There's a few concerns about the eventual age of the D in a few years, but there's time to adjust as things go

 

[Rare Jewel]

I don't know how to feel about it, giving that length of contract for any Dman, particularly one who plays with a decent amount of physicality usually age like milk.

Also, I'd prefer if they didn't commit any future cap space on current players until after the season.

 

[TheGreatOne11]

Nothing to hate here. AAV is nice, below expectations. Takes him to 36 which is perfect because it's around 35-37 that defenceman can drop off a cliff. He's a warrior, we need more of that.

I'm happy Dubas is gone or else we'd also hear about his 29 team modified no trade clause.

 

[PuckPuckGoose]

@Tie Domi Esquire reacted with a laugh emoji to me complimenting this deal

I'd say a dismissive laugh emoji is a good summary of any "opinion" that guy pretends to possess.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

The horrible McCabe trade could only be made worse by a horrible McCabe extension.

Which Treliving went and did exactly that. Never one to shy away from handing out a deal to a player expected to decline Treliving delivers once again. He just loves his gritty grizzled vets in the back end.

Whether they're actually any good at hockey is besides the point.

Another raise from Brad "deep pockets" Treliving. Can't see poor McCabe go without after everyone else cashed in. I bet McCabe got a NMC of some sort too.

Treliving just loves painting himself into a corner.

I'm not knocking McCabe here either. It's not his fault Treliving just HAS to give everyone a sweetheart deal. But the Leafs are now locked into this exact same not good enough, and declining, defense for the duration of the Matthews contract.

That's not McCabe's fault but the GM who signed him.

 

[LeafsNation149]

Leafs don't have their 2025 1st round pick nor their 2026 2nd round pick as a result of acquiring McCabe in trade originally.

View attachment 922778

Ridiculous price to pay for a #4 level Dman !!!!

However re-signed now will give the Leafs longer term value at such a high price to obtain, compared to letting him walk for future picks not yet made. Is this helping or making the situation worse?

When the Leafs attempt to bring in another top 4 Dman next summer to add to Rielly, OEL and Tanev it will push McCabe into the bottom pairing and then as a 3rd pairing Dman that is a lot of term and Cap to spend on bottom pairing players when you should be able to draft and develop internally to bottom fill a roster with younger and cheaper talent.

If I had my choice I would want my 1st and 2nd round future draft picks back and would have let McCabe walk as UFA and replaced and used his $4.15 mil towards an UPGRADE on defense not a RUN IT BACK at higher price, point. IMO

Your team does not get better by bringing back your own/same players only paying them more money and in the process of using more cap space. That is not the definition of improvement in my books.

You're a strange lad

 

[Evilhomer]

The horrible McCabe trade could only be made worse by a horrible McCabe extension.

Which Treliving went and did exactly that. Never one to shy away from handing out a deal to a player expected to decline Brad Treliving delivers once again. He just loves his gritty grizzled vets in the back end.

Whether they're actually any good at hockey is besides the point.

Another raise from Brad "deep pockets" Treliving. Can't see poor McCabe go without after everyone else cashed in. I bet McCabe got a NMC of some sort too.

Treliving just loves painting himself into a corner.

I'm not knocking McCabe here either. It's not his fault Treliving just HAS to give everyone a sweetheart deal. But the Leafs are now locked into this exact same not good enough, and declining, defense for the duration of the Matthews contract.

That's not McCabe's fault but the GM who signed him.

I probably would have let him leave as a UFA after this season, but it's not a terrible deal. Almost certainly less than what a comparable player would cost in free agency.

 

[Stephen]

Wow. He took a hometown discount. He’s a $4 million man now so he just took a $500K raise.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

@Tie Domi Esquire reacted with a laugh emoji to me complimenting this deal

You said it's good if he doesn't fall off a cliff. Which is exactly what he will do. I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at the verbiage.